Stopped by for the first time and ordered some sliced ribeye for teri beef. Went to the window and was greeted right away and was able to place my order. Hint: Next time I will call my order in. This is not a place where you can see and select. There is a parking lot but it can be filled up with their deliver trucks. read more

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AMAZING OWNERSwe are VERY Thankful for the Amazing Fast and Accommodating Service at A'ala Meat Market!!! We had to make 50 LauLaus for an Event and they had ALL the pork butt we needed and they also pre-cut it for us Perfectly for our LauLaus. They were The Best LauLaus we EVER made read more

This Whole sell place located right on Waikamilo in the heart of Kalihi, they are the place to get you meats and seafood. All their Ahi is caught here locally and cut daily. They also have a variety of Meats to choose from, so if you are a back yard cook or a pro chef... check them out for pricing. They sell whole sale and retail, walk ins welcome and they do take EBT. Best to call ahead or just go in and talk to the ladies in the office to the left hand side when you go in. read more

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Minimum 2lb order per person. Lots of selection. If you come before 11am it's not super busy and wait time is minimal. Ambiance isn't the best but it's a clean meat market! What more can you ask for- quick service and good selection. Parking in back- I think? Would come back- can't wait to try and make meat jun at home! Whole Order took less than 5 min to order and pay. Cost per lb was about 5$. Pretty affordable for the 1/8 inch cut of beef knuckle. read more

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Was looking forward to purchasing some meats. As my sister and I was talking to the lady through the window in the store, had 3 guys behind the counter, and the biggest guy start yelling "cockroach cockroach" all 3 of them laughing and giggling and looking at us. The lady didn't do anything wrong, she was trying to help us, but because of them, I just closed the window and walked away. I have a cockroach phobia. Not sure if that was a joke or not, but they just lost a, would have been good customer. read more

I come here for the Ahi belly every so often. Its alway cut fresh daily so there's no problem with freshness. Although I haven't tried the waygu beef, I always see it in the window. Sometimes it looks fresh but sometimes its a different shade of color like a dull red. I haven't seen any grey ones like other reviews have mentioned. If it was that color I wouldn't buy it in the first place. At $19.50 lb it's kinda expensive for a small 3 or 4 lb piece. I'd rather go Costco and buy some boneless shortribs. Besides, its not real wagyu. The real stuff comes from Japan and raised under much stricter conditions at a much more premium price. This is more "just like wagyu" stuff imo. Customer service wise, the young Japanese butcher is really nice. That's the guy I deal with whenever I go there. If he's not there then it's one of the ladies behind the window on your left. They are friendly but it's safe to say they seem like they could be easily pissed off so I tread lightly. Kinda like a soup nazi tread so to speak. Saying that, I would continue to come back to this place. I haven't pissed anyone off yet so I should be in good standing. read more

Disappointing. The quality of the meat is fine, although it was fairly grey when pulled from the package. There is no information on the pre-packaged meats to give you an idea of when the meat was butchered. If that were the only complaint, I would have been happy with it. The disappointing part is HOW the meat is butchered: very sloppily. One t-bone purchased was about 1 1/4 inches thick on one end but only 1/2 an inch on the other, making it impossible to cook evenly. The bone itself, however, was a solid 2 + inches thick, making it heavier than the meat itself. Very odd. The stew meat was a disgrace - teeny tiny pieces mixed in with huge sinewy chunks. Flat pieces hacked off of other bits and tossed in, no uniformity whatsoever. Yes, it is stew meat, but at least some level of consistency in terms of the size of the chunks is required for even cooking. We had higher hopes. Too bad. read more

Ordered the 10 pound box. Was very disappointed. It was very tough meat. Worst ribeye I ever ate.. Don't be fooled. You are not getting a deal.!!You get what you pay for in this 10 pound rib eye box. read more

Tried out this place since a coworker had a flyer from them from one of their workers having a sale on ahi and steaks. Ribeye steaks 10 pounds for 65 bucks. Ok, ill bite since the pics in the flyer looked good. However after opening the box, the steaks were cut in half and looked like they were frozen for a while.....the meat was dark burgundy red instead of the bright red in the pictures. Grilled them rare, they were quite tough. But i guess ypu get what you pay for, 6 bucks a pound not bad but they should put actual product pics on their sales flyer, not falsely advertise. Fool me once, never again. read more

Could not go lower than 1 star. If you like rude service, this is your place...the lady at the counter could get away with the rudeness if the meat was incredible but man, go Costco instead. read more

Ordered a 21 day dry aged prime cut roast. At $13.50 per pound I would hope it would be dry aged. When I got home and opened the pink paper wrap, i found the meat wet with its blood. Almost like you opened the package and wrapped it up. When you cut into a dry aged the blood should not be oozing out. Or that is what ive seen on many food blogs, even tv foodnet work. And if it was dry aged, then you would see the surrounding areas trimmed to take off the dried parts, but it didnt. Do they have a drying room? Please post the picture your drying room, as I am very unsure of this. And would gladly retract this. Also i was told I had to purchase the entire rib roast even though I only wanted half of it. When I picked up my order I saw other halves and when I questioned how did they get to have halves. I was told by the front window woman that they got to sell the other half??? Huh? I did cut a slice at the one of the ends and didnt see any signs that it was dry aged at all. Wish I saw all of these problems before coming down. Buyer beware! read more

I came in for Ribeye that we have been using to serve ourccustomers over Summer Salad, and Imet Sandy and her husband? She was super nice and helpful. She said they go through many cases a day, so they can even select what I like for me; less fat, more fat, round, flat, etc.. just call and let her know what I need. She also gave me good price too. She had her staff took the box to my car for me. Thank you for a wonderful experience. I will definitely look into other products next time i visit too. read more

These guys here are really 2 face. Dont be fouled by the owners charm. First off she will be so sweet and try to inform u of a lot of things but we caught her in lying to us but whatever we still took a chance with them. we order 100lbs of beef and we had to to waste almost 20lbs due the owners ignorance. when we went to talk to her about it she throws her meat cutter under the bus and made it seem like he was the one who messed up. So we had a chance to talk to the cutter when the owner wasnt around and guess what he had said the owner was the one who told him to do that smh. then the owner comes back and starts yelling at us to stop talking to the cutter cause he dont understand what your saying then she starts talking crap about him and that not cool. Not only does she try to make like she's giving you a deal but she's not then she messes up your things. then she treats her staff like shit. But before we left her attitude towards us changed and we got the shit treatment. She was just so disrespectful to us and her staff. I wish I could put negative stars for this review cause that's how bad it was. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE unless u want to get ripped off. read more

I buy beef knuckles and shanks here to make stock. They are very friendly and cut the bones up for me so I no longer have to take a hammer to them at home. Price is $2 a pound, which seems typical for Hawaii. CASH ONLY and parking le sucks in that area. They are my go to source for beef bones and I will continue to purchase from them. read more

I went there and Aunty educated me on there USDA PRODUCT, FREE RANGE BEEF, and awesome oysters! I love this place.

I heard about this shop from a friend who said they had the best prime rib. Well I took his advise and bought my first USDA Choice and was not disappointed. My brother and his girlfriend said they thought it was even better than house of prime rib! I let it come to room temperature about 2hrs.I then started with 425 deg F for 15 min then cooked it to a internal temp of 120deg F. Then covered with foil and let it sit for 15min. It was perfection didn't even need aujus. It was explained to me that this was natural beef free range no hormones, I would do it again and would buy it from Aala meat market. read more

Omg! Will never come here again! Unfriendly customer service! Meat, etc looked old! Not recommended!

Went here yesterday and had one of the worst experiences ever. First, I want to say that I read the great reviews and have wanted to check out Aala Meat Market for some time. I was passing by yesterday and thought I would stop in to pick up some ground pork and maybe a steak. I entered the store and was underwhelmed by the initial appearance. There was an office to the left of the entrance and a freezer in the front. All of the steaks were grayish brown in color and did not look fresh at all. I have seen grass fed beef at other locations, including Whole Foods, and they never appeared this color. I suspect that the beef is not that fresh and may be rotting. Maybe if it was aged, I would understand, but nowhere did I see "aged grass-fed beef" on their signs. Moving on, I was greeted by a lady and I told her it was my first time in the store. I looked for ground pork on the menu, but didn't see it, so I asked her if they had it in stock. She said they did, and that it cost $3 a pound. I told her that I would take a pound. I was going to order a steak, but the brown/rotting color led me to reconsider. Instead I decided to order a pound of ground beef that looked fresh. The price for the beef was $5.50/LB. The lady yelled to a guy in the back to get the pork and then I hear her debating with him over the fact that they only have a bulk package and she didn't want to break it up. The guy told her it was ok, and he proceeded to break off a chunk of the pork. Then I hear her tell him, "You can't give it to him like that." I'm not sure what she was talking about. As the two are conversing over my pork, I notice she is holding my beef in front of her face while it is in a plastic bag. Then I watch as she coughs right onto my bag...without even trying to cover her mouth...GROSS. I was ready to say something, but I figured that my meat was in plastic and I might be ok. Finally, the guy gives her the pork and she starts to ring me up. She then tells me that I owe her $13 something and change. Now I am not great at math, but $5.50 for the beef and $3 for the pork doesn't add up to $13 and change. Even with tax, I shouldn't be paying more that $10. I told her that I just wanted a pound of pork, and she told me that the guy had to break up a bulk package and that is the amount that I would have to pay for. It was at this point that I became outraged and decided to point out that I should not have to pay that much and pointed out the price that she gave me. The lady did not understand that I only wanted a pound, not two, three, or four. I honestly felt that she was trying to rip me off. I told her never mind and walked out. As I was leaving, I heard her yell, "GET OUT OF HERE!" Wow...really. Talk about bad customer service! This place is disgusting, and I probably lucked out by not trying their products. If they can't present steaks properly (as in fresh versus rotten), I'm sure that there were probably issues with their other meats. I probably would have ended up with a case of salmonella poisoning or some hideous disease from the nasty old lady coughing all over my ground beef. Stay away from Aala Meat Market and go somewhere where the meat looks fresh, they accurately weigh your order request, and your business is appreciated. BTW, I went to Whole Foods today and had amazing service at the meat section. The meat looked great, the variety was amazing (ie. I got fresh blueberry maple sausage links for $3.50 1/2 LB...Yumm), and the customer service was superb. It was like night and day in comparison to my horrible experience at Aala. read more

I had been wanting to try their wagyu beef for sometime... I just always got screwed because they close at 2pm on Saturday and aren't open on Sundays. Which means when we sit around on a weekend and say "Hey let's beer-b-que... go get some good steaks." its usually too late already and the only option becomes Safeway or Times. Well I finally got my act together and had the requisite foresight, planning the beer-b-que a full 8 hours in advance. Their parking is pretty lacking - I had to park a couple of blocks away ona side street. I bought a 2.5 lb wagyu rib roast at $17 a pound. Obviously more expensive then a typical filet mignon in the super market but oh man you shoulda seen the marbling on this thing! I also bought some homemade salt rub that the lady peddled on me. After she spent 5 minutes explaining how much effort it took for her to make it - how she dried the herbs herself, crushed them, found the singing bush and summoned the invisible swordsman ( Three Amigos reference ) I couldn't just say "No, I think I'll pass." Anyway, I sliced the 2.5 lb roast into 3 steaks, seasoned them with el guapos salt rub and cooked them to medium rare on the bar b que. EASILY the best steak I've ever cooked and right up there with the best I've had in high end steak joints. You can't believe how much flavor is in that wagyu and how juicy it is. I will definitely go back and buy from them again. The only drawback is now I'm spoiled - I look at the $12 / lb filet in Safeway and snub my nose at it. read more

I would just like to know why the package is never labeled "grass-fed beef from ...." And why does it look so grey compared to Whole Foods?